Ajay Loner is a young man of Indian descent who lives alone in the desert of Strangetown. He has been alone nearly his entire life, having been orphaned and raised by his grandmother who is now deceased. He also has a half-brother Sanjay Ramaswami who works as a record store clerk in another town where he lives with his pregnant wife Priya. Aside from occasionally talking to Sanjay on the phone, Ajay has no friends and is very lonely in the desert. He often goes on jogs and is in great shape